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Square Enix announced Theathrhythm: Final Bar during today’s Nintendo Direct. It will launch for Switch on February 16.
The series has had entries on 3DS and mobile. This version will come with 385 songs. Music from SaGa, Nier, Octopath Traveler, Live A Live, and more…
FTC sues to block Microsoft's Activision Blizzard merger
December 9, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission has filed an antitrust complaint in a bid to block Microsoft’s planned $68.7 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard. The FTC started looking into the deal and its potential impact on the video game market soon after it was announced in…
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Updated on 12/2 at 11am PT: The Smash World Tour (SWT), a grassroots Super Smash Bros. circuit organized by VGBootCamp, announced that Nintendo is…
IKEA's latest Sonos Symfonisk speaker is also a $260 floor lamp
December 8, 2022
IKEA announced its latest Sonos collaboration today, a Symfonisk speaker that doubles as a floor lamp. The lamp/speaker combo will launch in January in IKEA stores and online.
The floor lamp’s $260 price makes it the most expensive speaker in the Symfonisk lineup. Current models range between $120 for a bookshelf speaker (with less than stellar audio) and $250 for musical wall art. And your…
Free 'Mario Kart 8 Deluxe' update lets you choose what power-ups appear during races
December 8, 2022
At its core, Mario Kart is a game about trolling your friends. So what better way to ratchet up the hijinks than by allowing players to decide what power-ups spawn during races? Nintendo has released a free update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that adds custom item selection for…
Atari is reviving Akka Arrh, a 1982 arcade game canceled because test audiences found it too difficult. For the wave shooter’s remake, the publisher is teaming up with developer Jeff Minter, whose psychedelic, synthwave style seems an ideal fit for what Atari describes as…
Xbox thinks its game soundscapes can lull you to sleep
December 8, 2022
Mindfulness app Calm has a couple new audioscapes to help people relax and drift off, and they’re both from first-party Xbox games. Starting today, folks with a Calm Premium membership can chill out to the ocean vibes of Sea of Thieves or the ambient alien noise of Zeta Halo from Halo Infinite. It’s the first time Calm has added game-themed soundscapes, so let’s hope…
PUBG Mobile hits $9B in lifetime consumer spending
December 7, 2022
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PUBG Mobile has reached a new milestone, crossing $9 billion in total consumer spending. According to Sensor Tower…
Epic Games rolls out limited accounts to protect young 'Fortnite' and 'Fall Guys' players
December 7, 2022
Epic Games is rolling out a new type of account for younger players that will require parental consent before they can do things like make purchases from Fortnite‘s in-game store with real money or use voice chat. Epic says these so-called “cabined…
Microsoft vows to bring 'Call of Duty' to Nintendo consoles
December 7, 2022
Microsoft vows to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo and to continue making it available on the latter’s consoles for 10 years if its Activision Blizzard acquisition pushes through. Phil Spencer, Microsoft Gaming’s CEO, has announced the company’s commitment on Twitter, adding that “Microsoft is committed to helping bring more games to more people — however they choose to…
